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Hello,
I looked though the gallery and think that the first fly most resembles Eristalis alpina. The photo was taken at an altitude between 300 and 420 m in July in Germany, Saxony. From the name I would expect that the fly lives in the mountains at a higher altitude. So it belongs probably to another species, but which one?
Could the second one be an E. lineata?
(Photo from the beginning of May, Germany)
Thank you, Marion

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2nd fly

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Is it possible to tell more than Eristalis?
I attach another re-sharpened picture from the first fly.
Thank you, Marion

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The first and last are a female Eristalis rupium. I hesitate identifying the second one, I thought about E. pertinax, but that is not the case because the front tarsae are dark. It doesn't look like a second rupium either.

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Hi Mark,
thank you very much for ID of E. rupium. I changed the title. Maybe somebody has an idea regarding the second fly.
Best wishes, Marion